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Quantios launches AI agent Quantios Core
30 March 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

As part of this first release, Quantios is also introducing its Bank Statement Processing Agent, with several customers, such as Equiom, collaborating as early adopters to help shape the capability

Standard Chartered appoints Matthiessen
30 March 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Ole Mattheissen has been appointed as global head, Transaction Services and Digital Assets and will lead a newly unified team in Corporate & Investment Banking comprising transaction banking and financing and securities services

Broadridge joins ASIFMA
30 March 2026 Asia
Reporter: Hansa Tote

As a member of the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, Broadridge joins more than 150 other firms

FCA fines Dinosaur Merchant Bank Limited
30 March 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The fine was imposed following the bank’s failure to put in place effective systems and controls to detect and report suspicious trading in its contracts for difference business

BMO collaborates with CME Group and Google Cloud
30 March 2026 US and Canada
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The collaboration modernises 24/7 institutional settlement, enabling clients to move value continuously for margin, collateral, and settlement workflows

Cross-border registrations investment funds hit new peak
26 March 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The number of cross-border funds increased to 14,769, indicating a stabilisation following the previous year’s decline, according to a new PwC Luxembourg Global Fund Distribution report

Apex Group appointed to support Chaince Digital Holdings
26 March 2026 Bermuda
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Under the mandate, Apex Group will deliver fund administration, tokenisation infrastructure, and other servicing solutions designed to enable the tokenisation of investment funds

Balance Trust can now access Lido V3 stVaults
26 March 2026 Canada
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

According to the firm, this move enables Balance's institutional clients to deploy Ethereum through Lido's newest modular staking module

Solana Developer Platform launched by Solana Foundation
26 March 2026 Switzerland
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The platform is powered solely by APIs — with an issuance, payments, and trading module at its core — unifying infrastructure from throughout the Solana ecosystem into a single interface

Komainu onboards with FundBank
25 March 2026 UK, UAE
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

FundBank’s banking platform will allow Komainu clients to benefit from fiat on and off ramping capabilities, enabling more efficient funding, settlement and treasury operations

BMLL and Tradefeedr join forces
25 March 2026 UK, US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Joint pilot extends Tradefeedr’s FX pre and post-trade analytics into new asset classes, powered by BMLL historical datasets

EU, UK, and Switzerland launch joint T+1 testing plan
25 March 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The plan provides a practical framework for all market participants and financial market infrastructures to test their readiness for the move to T+1 settlement